Advanced Russian in Conversations (302-1-1)
Instructors
Natalia Malinina
847/467-6478
1880 Campus Dr. (Kresge) Office 3225
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00-11:30 and by appointment
Meeting Info
University Library 4770: Mon, Wed, Fri 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Overview of class
RUSSIAN 302-2 Advanced Russian in Conversations (1 Unit) Conversation, listening comprehension, reading, and composition. Contemporary readings on Russian culture and society. Combined third-and fourth-year multi-skill course. Course is repeatable for credit.
Russian 302-1 is the first part of a three-quarter sequence intended for students who have attained the intermediate-level proficiency in Russian. It is taught in Russian and designed to push students to more advanced levels focusing on communication, cultural understanding, connections of Russian language with other disciplines, and comparisons of Russian and American language and culture. Emphasis will be placed on developing discussion and conversational skills. The course includes advanced topics in grammar, discussion of one of the most popular Russian movies (The Autumn Marathon), we will watch throughout the quarter, and readings from Russian newspapers and classic Russian poets. A professional guide will take us on virtual tours to Moscow and Saint-Petersburg!
Registration Requirements
Pre-requisite: 102-3 or equivalent. Speak with the instructor or Language Director if you have not taken 102-3 at NU.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this quarter, students will be able to
• Develop their lexical competence by learning new vocabulary, Russian proverbs, sayings, and idiomatic expressions related to the studied topics.
• Participate in discussions on the studied topics (e.g., Russian educational system in comparison with America and other countries, school experience, courses taken at the university, problems, etc.).
• Compare Russian and American views on the family and its current role in the world.
• Read, listen, and comprehend the literary texts recorded by a native speaker
(M.Tsvetaeva, A. Akhmatova, A. Blok's poems).
• Describe Russian paintings ("Portrait of an Unknown Woman" by Ivan Kramskoi).
• Use the Russian Internet and multimedia sources as an instrument to conduct research in Russian or to prepare for in-class discussions.
Class Materials (Required)
PANORAMA: Intermediate Russian Language and Culture, Student Bundle: Book + Electronic Workbook Access Card Bilingual, Student Edition / Benjamin Rifkin, Evgeny Dengub, and Susanna Nazarova, Georgetown University Press, 2017| ISBN 9781626164178 (paperback)
A high-quality Russian-English dictionary (containing at least 50,000 entries) is strongly recommended: A. I. Smirnitskii, Russian-English Dictionary (Russko-angliiskii slovar'); The Oxford Russian Dictionary; etc.
Class Attributes
Advanced Expression